Cheese-box.



. Patented Mar. 4, |902. W. A. SIMISTER.

CHEESE BOX.

[Application Sled Max. 25, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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Wl TNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIAM ANDREW SIMISTER., OF INGERSOLL, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF `TOJ AMES SIMlSTER, OF UPPER MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY.

CHEESE-BOX.

SPECIFLCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,798, dated March 4, 1902. Application filed March 25, 1901. Serial No. 52,767. (No model.)

To CLZZ whom, t may concern.:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ANDREW SIM- ISTER, a subject of the VKin g of GreatBritain, and a resident of Ingersoll, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion ot'l Canada, have invented a new andflmproved Cheese-B0X, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved cheese-box which is simple anddurable in construction, not liable to rip or split, and arranged to removably hold both ends or .heads in position on the'box-body to allow of readily placing the cheese in the box by the manufacturer andto permit of locking.

the ends or heads in place and conveniently removing the cheese from the box by a dealer or allow of inspection of the cheese from both ends of the box without destroying the latter or injuring the cheeseby the inner ends of the nails or tacks commonly employed for holding the heads of the box in place and driven through the ends or heads of the body into the cheese.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figurel is a perspective View of the improvement, and Fig. 2 isa sectional side elevation of part of the same.

The improved cheese-box consists, essentially, of a cylindrical body A and heads B B',

removably tted upon the ends of the boxbody A, so that either or both heads may be removed and replaced whenever desired.- On

the box-body A are arranged a plurality of flexible tie C is securely held in place, owing to the angular position of the staples, so that the flexible ties cannot be drawn out of the staples. The ends of the flexible ties C are extended a suitable distance to permit of Winding each end around a stud or other projection E in the form of a nail partly driven into the corresponding head B or B', as is plainly indicated in the drawings. By the arrangement described the ends of the ilexible ties can be readily passed around the studs E andwound once or twice' thereon and then laced back upon the remaining portion of the end, as indicated inEig. l to securely hold the Yheads B B in position on the box-,body A.

Each head B B consists of a center piece B? and a rim B3, secured in position on the center piece by nails or staples B4, the rim B3 extending a suihcient distance to irmly engage the corresponding end of the box-*body A, as is plainly indicated in Fig. 2. The proi jections E are also driven through the rim B3v and the center piece B2 to assist in holding the parts together, but in addition forming an attaching means for the ends of the ilexible ties C, as previously described.

Now by the arrangement above set forth it will be seen that the heads B B may be independently removed at any time to allow inspection of the cheese at bot-h ends, and the cheese is not liable .to be injured in any manner by the projecting inner ends of thev nails or the like heretofore driven through the rim B3 into the box-body A and into the cheese tohold the heads in position on the box-body.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A cheese-box, comprising an openended body, flanged heads remvably fitting on the ends of the body and provided with a plurality of oppositely-arranged studs or pins projecting therefrom, and a plurality of independent non-elastic ilexible ties secured upon the outer surface of thebody to'extend longitudinally thereof, the ends of each tie being free and Wrapped around the studs or pins of the heads, as set forth.

2. A cheese-box, comprising an open-ended body, flanged heads removably fitting on the endsof thebodyandprovided Withapluralityl In testimony whereof I have signed my of oppositely-arranged headed pins or studs naine to this specification in -the presence of :o projecting therefrom, and a plurality of intwo subscribing Witnesses. de endent Wires secured u on the outer surv 1 5 fage of the body to exteild longitudinally WILLIAM ANDREV SIMISFER thereof, the ends of each Wire being free and Witnesses: Wrapped around the studs orl pins ot' the THEO. G. HOSTER, heads, as set forth. EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

